Principal Legal Counsel , AU Stores Legal
Amazon's Australia Legal team is seeking a highly experienced litigation and regulatory lawyer, ideally including consumer regulator engagement.
Key job responsibilities
Regulatory:
- Manage and respond to consumer regulator compulsory information-gathering notices, including scoping, data collection, privilege review and preparation of response letters and memos.
- Prepare briefing papers, talking points and Q&A for regulator meetings and leadership.
Litigation & disputes:
- Assist in managing active litigation, including concise statements, defenses, discovery/preliminary discovery and without-prejudice correspondence.
- Support contractual, commercial and regulator initiated disputes. Instruct and manage external law firms, including scoping, budgeting and reviewing their work product.
General:
- Draft, review, and negotiate correspondence, legal advice, and dispute-related documents to a high standard, as part of a fast paced organisation.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, including senior leadership, to deliver practical, risk-based advice.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of legal experience in private practice or in‑house.
- Law degree and admission to relevant bar association
- Excellent legal drafting, analytical and project‑management skills, with the ability to manage large volumes of data and documents.
- Strong communication skills (verbal, written, oral)
- Sound commercial judgment and the ability to distil complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice for business stakeholders.
- High degree of autonomy, discretion, and comfort operating in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
- Strong working knowledge of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Australian Consumer Law.
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Principal Legal Counsel , AU Stores Legal in Sydney employer: Amazon
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